The Board has determined that the appellant's effective date for death pension benefits should be based on her claim received in April 2001, rather than her initial January 2001 claim. The RO had previously denied her claim due to a February 2001 statement being considered a renouncement of benefits.
The deciding factor: The appellant's February 2001 statement was interpreted as a withdrawal of the original claim, not a renouncement, and thus did not affect the effective date of her award.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0300226
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